6. Shocking to ask right
Is it interesting to be an official?
Liu Yu suddenly changed the topic, and Chen Song couldn't keep up for a while.
The bigger the official, the higher the salary, but his money will never be enough to spend. His parents died in Sun En's rebellion, he was a lonely bird, he had no house and no wife, but he had a good relationship, but he didn't plan to ask for a house to live. Most of the court's servants helped the brothers in the team, and a small part of them were scattered eating, drinking, and merrymaking. One of the advantages of being an official is that it is really not bright with him.
The bigger the official, the less he needs to work hard, but he likes to work hard. Over the years, either in the war, or on the way to the war, when charging into battle, the top of the arrows that were as dense as raindrops flew wildly, swords, guns, swords and halberds danced around him, and there were more than a dozen wounds on his body. But it doesn't seem to be a time to get tired. If you don't fight, life is meaningless; As soon as I heard the golden drum, every hair on my body danced. The comfort of being an official doesn't seem to have anything to do with him.
The bigger the official, the farther away from the rough Qiu Ba. However, Chen Song either taught those raw melons and eggs how to kill the enemy and how to save their lives on the school field, and drank and gambled with them in the barracks. In the eyes of those sweaty brothers, Chen Song is the leader of the team, and even more so the eldest brother, obeying orders unequivocally, but it is really hard to say if he is not really regarded as a high-ranking official.
Is it interesting to be an official?
I was stunned for a long time before I picked up the stubble:
"Anyway, I, as an official, am leading my brothers to fight, and as long as I fight, it will be interesting."
"Then there is no fight to fight after that, what are you doing?"
Chen Song never thought about this question.
When he was a teenager, he followed Liu Yu to fight and kill, except for dancing knives and guns, he never touched anything. Guo Xu took off his armor, and he could return to his old business to open a blacksmith shop, stirrup horseshoes for rich people, and plowshares and hoes for farmers, Chen Song didn't even know this. If the world is really peaceful, big families don't even need to take care of the home, who is rare in his fighting skills?
"Hehe, I really don't know what I can do. Anyway, I'll follow the captain for the rest of my life. ”
"Follow me for the rest of your life? A warrior like me was born to fight for the imperial court. When the foreign enemies and internal cowards are all destroyed, and the court is no longer needed, I will go home to farm, drink, and throw dice, what are the subordinates? This is not bad, if it doesn't look pleasing to the eye, one day make up a crime, and it's hard to say that there is no corpse! ”
Chen Song sat up straight:
"What do you say? Taiwei pacified Sun En and Lu Xun, eradicated Huan Xuan, eliminated Yan State, and now wants to destroy Qin, making great contributions to the country. If it weren't for you, the court would have been finished a long time ago, who would dare to fabricate charges against you! ”
Liu Yu smiled bitterly and pointed to the southeast with his finger:
"Not necessarily no one dares!"
"Who dares to be unfavorable to Taiwei, I, Chen Song, are inseparable from him!"
Liu Yu did not answer. After a pause, he suddenly asked:
"Copying Zhuge Changmin's entire family, you carried it out, right?"
Changing the topic for the second time, fortunately, this is not difficult to answer.
Zhuge Changmin was originally an ally of Liu Yu to quell the Huan Xuan coup, but later somehow broke up. It is said that Zhuge Changmin wanted to murder Liu Yu. Liu Yu made the first move and invited Zhuge Changmin to the banquet, and when the two of them pushed the cup to change the lamp, Ding Yi walked out of the curtain silently and twisted Zhuge Changmin's neck from behind. Immediately afterwards, Chen Song received an order, saying that Zhuge Changmin was connected to the enemy country in the north, intending to rebel and seize power, and asked him to lead troops to arrest the entire family of Zhuge Mansion, and not to miss a single one. His original intention was not to do this kind of errand, but on the head of the soldier, the order is heaven, and he can't help himself.
"The people from An Chenghei's team, I took them."
I don't know why Liu Yu suddenly asked about it.
"Did you miss anyone?"
Chen Song didn't understand the essentials at all, looked down and thought about the entire implementation process, and didn't find any mistakes:
"At that time, the order was received that the relatives and slaves and maids should be interrogated separately, and the slaves and maids should report the evidence of Zhuge Changmin's rebellion. Relatives and slaves are dressed differently and are easily separated. For the sake of prudence, Ahn Seung-hei personally checked whether everyone had calluses on their hands. After this separation, the relatives were handed over to An Chenghe's custody, and all of them were executed that night; The slaves and maids interrogated overnight, confessed, bundled and loaded into the boat, dragged to the center of the river, chiseled through the bottom of the ship, and all sank to the bottom of the river with the boat. No one can miss it! Even if someone gets into the slave pile and escapes the sword, he can't escape this catastrophe. ”
Liu Yu sighed:
"At that time, it was only ordered to behead Zhuge Changmin's entire family, and the three clans were not sentenced, so Zhuge Changmin's wife and clan were not moved. After a while, someone told me that the sister of Zhuge Changmin's concubine was harboring one of his concubines. It happened that someone accused her of hiding weapons in her family, so I deliberately found an old acquaintance of the Zhuge family to search, called looking for weapons, but it was actually to identify people. After some tossing, he came back to his life, saying that the whole family searched all over the world, but found neither weapons nor Zhuge Changmin's daughter. I sent someone to watch for a long time, beware of someone sneaking away while the limelight passed, but there was no movement. ”
Liu Yu's best way to deal with political opponents is to find a person in the opposing camp and ask him to report to the court that someone is plotting rebellion and someone is plotting to usurp, as for whether it is true or not, it does not matter at all. As long as someone informes, the court will investigate and deal with Liu Yu when he sees it, and he will deal with it very seriously. When the people who should clean up are all cleaned up, the limelight gradually subsides, and the whistleblower disappears automatically.
But these have nothing to do with Chen Song, he listened to Liu Yuyi, and only then did he know that a girl had escaped, but he couldn't figure out where the loophole was. The only explanation can only be that the girl was not at home at all that day, maybe she happened to be a guest at her aunt's house, and then she heard the wind and slipped away:
"If only there had been a roster at the time, and if only people had been arrested, they wouldn't have been missed. These are all subordinates who are ineffective, please punish the captain. ”
Liu Yu sighed again:
"If things are in a hurry, how can you make a roster! Well, you get up, this wasn't a big omission. Not to mention missing a daughter, even if the son escapes from his relatives, there is absolutely no possibility of turning the world upside down. The informant said that you fornicated with Zhuge Changmin and deliberately let go of his daughter, and I spat him in the face at the time, saying that according to Chen Song's temperament, who do you want to live, you will tell me directly, and you will never do anything in private! ”
Chen Song felt a chill on his back. He didn't expect that someone would sue him for his black state. Over the years, I have beaten and killed, at most I have punished a few subordinates, and they are all official affairs, and they have never been willing to take revenge for personal gain, so those who should be beaten and scolded are scolded, and the brothers are still brothers, and there should be no deep hatred. Besides, no one among his subordinates could directly report to Liu Yu. So who could this person be? Liu Yu's words were intended to appease himself and show trust, but if it was really not taken seriously, he would not mention this topic today at all, which shows that he still went to his heart. Thinking of this, regardless of the armor on his body, he kowtowed:
"Chen Song has followed the Taiwei for many years, he is loyal, and he can see it every day, and there is absolutely nothing to be sorry for the Taiwei. said that I let go of Zhuge Changmin's daughter without permission, and I will not be guilty of this crime. Please call the informant, and I will confront him face to face!" ”
Liu Yu's expression was obviously soothed:
"Look at you, seriously. If I say that I believe you, I will believe you, and what should I use to confront you? ”
After a slight pause, he added:
"Besides, you can't confront each other if you want to. The man is dead. Drunk, fell off a horse and broke his neck. ”
There was another chill on Chen Song's back.
Liu Yu seemed to see through his thoughts:
"In this world, dragons and snakes are mixed, tigers and wolves are rampant. If the husband wants to settle down and achieve great things, he must treat the gentleman in the way of a gentleman and the villain in the way of a villain. Walking in troubled times, you can't be restrained. A man like you is upright, just do your best and don't care about these details, and I will never treat you badly! Get up and sit down. ”
Chen Song stood up, and before he could sit firmly on the Xiaohu bed, Liu Yu suddenly asked again:
"Tell me, if I hand over the military power, if something happens, will the old brothers of the Beifu soldiers still listen to my dispatch?"